Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-15
A MODERN INSTANCE.

''~~esS "V aAV uooAuk tuiS pfduCu Oh The SUD-
Ject VIII you please imagine for you will never SEQ
II In fact. drawing room fun OF ladies' each one
OF whom Is dressed with utter disregard OF fitness
or prevailing fashion-garments Of cotton wool
necks ana ana o big nSoP; and no high
no waists at al so&e loaded With monstr s@s
lines; some with towering headdressesl some with
slmlan bangs and some with lack-a-daisical ing
lets falling over their shoulders confused med.
icy OF the fashions and styles the freaks and fan.
cies OF whole century. Such a display might be
amusing FOR time. but as company OF refined
Do you see the point architecturaIf
a, Ana now let me propose another serious conun-
Grum: II you We're q Boss shepherd or Baron
rably ugly housesf Not the fantastic ones 'I but
the primitive bare, bald, boxy blocks. 1t is easy
future; but what can be done with our inheritance
OF depravity the dreadful past that laps over the
ProSenl ana Will run down and demoralize the
restedf
AZ TO TIE WHIT. HOUSE.
While you are on the subject, tell me what ought
20 be done with the building known as the White
House. No, won't ask you TO tell me. Twin tell
you For it is one OF the themes that fills my soul
and richest nation IN the world taking our rate OF
growth and our immediate possibilities into ac-
millions strong long before we are hundred Years
ODER Isn't Texas alone bigger than the whole
empire OF Austria or GERMANY, or the republic Of
onefourteenth part Of the state produce the en-.
tire cotton crop OF the world? Have We not thirty
three states and territories each one OF which is
larger than Scotland or Ireland: Is not our ma
tionaI wealth, actual and potential, greater than
not prove by our prompt and munificent gifts TO
the great and good men who have served the state,
OF Sy .oisy monuments 70 their memory. that re-
counted expense for holiday attire, for travel and
for bunting inaugurate our Chief Magistrate with
Ink and acres OF type, report through the length
and breadth OF the land all his sayings and doIgs
as II ne were demi-god? And then, when ne Is
and bring up his family. II by good fortune be has
one and live all his private life, what little there
Is lett OF u. In business block?
An ECONOMICAL SUGGESTION
Just fancy the members of the cabinet the
judges OF the Supreme court and the Senator'S oc-
cupytng domestic apartments in the Capitol!
Undoubtedly there is plenty Of unfinished room In
the attic and lying around loose about the dome
anu anu IN other convenient corners to accommodate
them with their wives and children, If they were
disposed with an eye to economy. There might be
q wing built on somewhere for q greenhouse and
space in the basement for Stables If not there viii
De when the library has gone east. You may think
this Is intended as joke, but assure you 1t is q
serious consideration as many other more famous
economical projects OF course, II they lived In
this Way, the salaries OF all these government
0fncers could be reduced by as much as they now
pay for house rent
III had been sent here by men of narrow views
who think 1t Is craftsmanship to save q few
thousand dollars that can be seen, paying no re-
gard TO the millions that are wasted by timidity
lack OF forethought and local prejudice, should
introduce bill OF that sort as soon as could get
q chance. But as don't happen TO be demagogue
and am very sure that the best economy consists
IN planning not only for present needs but in the
most substantial manner for the future even as
our LlustriOus predecessors planned for us /
should say that the immediate duty or the nation
is required, into most convenient and suitable
Offices for the chief magistrate. place where all
his public and Semi-pubnc affairs would be trans
acted, from interviews with foreign ambassadors
to the diurnal and periodical Misunderstanding not
alone with the great unwashed, but with all who
wish to see not the private citizen In his own home
provided for him where he should be able TO live
his private life with the freedom from molesta-
ton or intrusion to which every Woodworking
lam not sure but I shall advocate building a
presidential mansion every four years, or Six
rather, for am Sfx-year man, and thus give
sonal tastes and needs II could easily be built
between the date OF his election and the assem-
bling OF Congress the following year. On his re-
home as long as he chose to live Ina the District OF
Columbia. This would solve the white elephant
conundrum as to the proper and dignined disposal
or exPreSidentS without great cost TO the naCiOn,
for the building would always belong to the gov
ernment BY the end OF the next century the Six
teen mansions would be visible record to the
progress OF domestic art and architecture OF the
utmost value and unm1Stakable to its chronol-
ogy. However, don't suppose there are three
congressman In the country besides myself who
would dare suggest such extravaganza, not IL
they knew the lives of all future Presidents de-
pended on 1t.
WASHINGTON SHOULD EXTEND IT'S BoRDERs
AS for the topic on which you are afraid to ex-